NLRB Orders Mercedes Plant To Change Rules

A judge has ruled Mercedes-Benz U.S. International violated labor laws while dealing with employees interested in forming a labor union at its plant in Vance.

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A judge has ruled Mercedes-Benz U.S. International violated labor laws while dealing with employees interested in forming a labor union.

An administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board ordered MBUSI to revise rules in its employee handbook governing the solicitation and distribution of materials at its auto manufacturing plant in Vance.

The United Auto Workers accused Mercedes managers of stymieing pro-union employees' efforts to distribute information about the union.

Mercedes told The Tuscaloosa News its only restrictions were designed to protect worker safety and production.

Administrative Law Judge Keltner Locke ruled that employees who are not on working time can solicit support for a union from other employees, even if they are in work areas.

The National Labor Relations Board in Birmingham is hearing evidence against Mercedes Benz. Supporters of the United Auto Workers Union claim the German car maker is violating the rights of pro-union workers at its plant near Tuscaloosa. Alabama Public Radio’s Pat Duggins reports on day one of the hearing…

“Yes, I’ve been there and I was hand billing, and security surrounds you and they ask for your ID.”

Republicans fighting a yearslong unionization effort at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee painted a grim picture in the days leading up to last week's vote. Workers rejected the United Auto Workers in a close vote, so attention turns now to whether the GOP can fulfill its promises that keeping the union out means more jobs will come rolling in. Regardless of what political consequences, if any, Republicans would face if that fails to happen, the Volkswagen vote established a playbook for denying the UAW its goal of expanding into foreign-owned plants in the region.